castella
Dictionary entries
- Entry →castella, castellae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Age:
- Medieval
- Geography:
- Spain/Iberia
Castile (Spain); (place of castles/castella);
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →castellum, castelli:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
redoubt, fortress, stronghold, fortified settlement, refuge; castle, citadel;; castle/reservoir (where water from aqueduct is collected for distribution);; town, village; (medieval);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Datames
Cornelius Nepos
"...absens amicitiam cum Datame facit; regis provincias vexat, castella expugnat, magnas praedas capit, quarum partim suis dispertit, partim..."Alcibiades
Cornelius Nepos
"...reverti noluit et se Pactyen contulit ibique tria castella communiit, Ornos, Bisanthen, Neontichos, manuque collecta primus Graecae civitatis..."Satura XIV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...grandes miretur Laelius alas; dirue Maurorum attegias, castella Brigantum, ut locupletem aquilam tibi sexagesimus annus adferat; aut, longos..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...firmum? Hostem muro repellam, et praeruptae altitudinis castella uel magnos exercitus difficultate aditus morabuntur; a tempestate nos uindicat..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...suas partim ad casus proeliorum retinentis, partim per castella tuenda custodiendasve urbes, petendos commeatus, obsidenda itinera, mari denique..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...terga dedit: sedet inde viis inclusaque longo pervigilant castella metu, dolor attrahit orbes interea et misero manat iuba..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...oppugnat qui molibus urbem aut montana sedet circum castella sub armis, nunc hos, nunc illos aditus, omnemque pererrat..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ardua Caesarducit opus; pandit fossas turritaque summisdisponit castella iugis magnoque recessu 40amplexus fines saltus nemorosaque tesquaet siluas uastaque..."